Several factors, including an abundant crop, contributed to a reduction in the income registered from sales from the pitkalija open market, Parliamentary Secretary Frans Agius said yesterday while visiting farmers in Siggiewi....

During the 120 school days between 19 September 2002 and 28 March 2003, some 635,993 days were lost due to absenteeism. This accounted for 11.4 per cent of the total number of school days or an overall absence rate of 10.5 absent days per pupil – tha...

The Gozo ministry has commissioned a socio-economic development strategy specifically for the island, The Malta Independent has learnt....

Public revenue is, so far, in line with what the government had forecast for the year, Prime Minister Lawrence Gonzi said yesterday....

They are known as ‘Cliff and Jay’ and have probably one of the funniest drive time radio shows on air at the moment. Josanne Cassar met up with the incorrigible duo at The Dubliner in Spinola Bay...

The Marsascala local council has asked for an explanation of the 3 August incident at St Thomas Bay, when a large number of dead fish floated into the bay, and has asked for a guarantee that something like this will not happen again....

The Maltese Honorary Consul to San Francisco Charles J. Vassallo has presented President Edward Fenech Adami with 10 wheelchairs, to be passed on to the Community Chest Fund....

A court in Cambridge, UK, has issued a warrant for the arrest of a woman benefit cheat who failed to show up to be sentenced because she is currently in Malta and says she is unfit to travel....

A large quantity of non-alcoholic beverages in cans and bottles were confiscated from factories, warehouses and a private residence because they did not comply with a legal notice, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority said yesterday.The spo...

Each year for the last 15 years, the National Parents’ Society for Persons with Disability (NPSPD) has been organising a summer swimming camp, offering a high level of service in terms of the attention given and the quality time spent there. This h...